We have just returned from Sapporo with Chiaki's two sons.

 This morning, Ayako and I went to Sapporo and visited the elementary school of our second daughter Chiaki's two children's. There was a "gakushu Happyo Kai" or a public show of the children's performances. Tokio, the older of our grandson, beat the Japanese drum on the stage, as one of the drummers, and played a part of a kind of a musical drama. Arashi, the younger, also played on the stage as a part of a wolf in the drama of a folk tale of Ainu, Hokkaido natives. He played very well. There were hundreds of the children's parents and families who had come to see the shows. Chiaki's older sister Haruna and her daughter Minori also came. We left the school just before noon, and returned to Chiaki's house. We had hanburgers for lunch, and at about 2:30 left Chiaki's house by my car with Tokio and Arashi, who wanted to come to Tomakomai.